Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 1/18/2022:
Hosted Discussion: Exploring the New LINCS Teaching Adults to Read Courses
Description: Wondering about best practice strategies for teaching adults to read? The recently updated LINCS Teaching Adults to Read courses explain reading strategy instruction for beginner, intermediate, and advanced adult readers. Throughout January, the LINCS Reading and Writing Group will conduct discussions highlighting both courses. Join the discussion at: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/25.
Date/Time: Throughout the month of January
LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing
A LINCS account is required to participate in the LINCS discussion Exploring the New LINCS Teaching Adults to Read Courses.
Live Session: A Correctional & Reentry Education Year in Review "2021"
Description: Join the Correctional and Reentry Education group as we reflect on 2021’s impact on the field of adult education in correctional and reentry settings. We will explore the successes and the challenges of 2021 and consider how we can continue to improve educational systems for justice-involved individuals in 2022.
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 12:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Correctional and Reentry Education
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for A Correctional & Reentry Education Year in Review "2021".
Live Session: Mentoring As a Tool for Change: The RAMP Project
Description: January is National Mentoring Month! Join us in learning about The Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative, a project working to provide career development and work-based learning experiences for young adults who have been justice system involved. Our conversation will highlight the project's use of mentoring as a tool for working with learners to develop skills and relationships supporting their education and employment goals.
Date/Time: Thursday, January 20, 2022, 2:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Disabilities and Equitable Outcomes
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Mentoring As a Tool for Change: The RAMP Project.
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 1/24/2022:
Live Session: Inclusion for All Adult Learners: Ensuring Accessibility for AE Training and Materials
Description: Join Dahlia Shaewitz of the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) to examine the current status of disability inclusion in Adult Education, identify strategies to create an inclusive classroom curriculum, and take a look at resources needed to support full inclusion of disabilities in learner contexts and materials.
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 2:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Professional Development
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Inclusion for All Adult Learners: Ensuring Accessibility for AE Training and Materials.
Live Session: 7 Elements for Highly Effective Remote/Blended/In-person Science Instruction
Description: Join the Science group to discuss the 7 Elements for Highly Effective Remote/Blended/In-person Instruction through the lens of Science Instruction. We will reflect on how teaching practice changed during emergency remote instruction and how it informs our practice as we move back to hybrid and in-person instruction.
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Science
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for 7 Elements for Highly Effective Remote/Blended/In-person Science Instruction.
Live Session: Texas' Adult Ed Med Video Project: Come See What the Fuss is All About!
Description: Come follow five adult education students as they upskill their way through 40 short video lessons tackling subjects like Digital Literacy and English Language Proficiency, and applying for jobs at the Adult Ed Med Hospital! Presenters will review this State Leadership Initiative from inception through project design, implementation, and curriculum development as well as the challenges of filming during a pandemic. Takeaways include access to videos and resources, including lesson plans and student handouts.
Date/Time: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 2:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Integrating Technology
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Texas' Adult Ed Med Video Project: Come See What the Fuss is All About!
*Please note: LINCS moderator-led events are not recorded, so we encourage you to participate in them as they happen.